{"id":103143,"date":"2025-12-10T10:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/legend-of-evil-spearfinger-and-the-cherokee-who-were-guided-by-celestial-beings\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:40:10","slug":"legend-of-evil-spearfinger-and-the-cherokee-who-were-guided-by-celestial-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/legend-of-evil-spearfinger-and-the-cherokee-who-were-guided-by-celestial-beings\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend Of Evil Spearfinger And The Cherokee Who Were Guided By Celestial Beings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ellen Lloyd &#8211; AncientPages.com &#8211;<\/strong> She is long gone, but the Cherokee have kept the legend of Spearfinger alive. She was an ancient, evil witch who used her supernatural powers to cause harm. No one knows how she did it, but she had a strange power over stones and could move heavy rocks that no normal man could push.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pr-spearfingerfeat.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pr-spearfingerfeat.jpg\" alt=\"Legend Of Evil Spearfinger And The Cherokee Who Were Guided By Celestial Beings\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pr-spearfingerfeat.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pr-spearfingerfeat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legends of the Cherokee tell that Spearfinger outlived generation upon generation of men, hiding somewhere along the eastern side of Tennessee and the western part of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Spearfinger was a shapeshifter; as such, she could transform herself from an ugly, old woman into a beautiful young female. Her deadliest weapon was her sharp finger, which resembled a spear or awl, which she used to cut her victims. This is why the Cherokee called her U&#8217;tlun&#8217;ta, which means &#8220;the one with a pointed spear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/get-instant-access-to-our-premium-content\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/premium-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Get Access To Our Premium Content\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/premium-1-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/premium-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a preview of our premium article available only to members of Ancient Pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Become a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/get-instant-access-to-our-premium-content\/\"><strong>member<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>to read more &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/get-instant-access-to-our-premium-content\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are\u00a0<strong>already a member<\/strong>\u00a0and have logged in to your account, you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/2025\/12\/09\/pr-legend-evil-spearfinger-cherokee-guided-celestial-beings\/\"><strong>access the article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/get-instant-access-to-our-premium-content\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/promolibraryancientmysteries4.jpg\" alt=\"Get Access To Our Premium Content\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/promolibraryancientmysteries4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/promolibraryancientmysteries4-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/2025\/11\/19\/mysterious-feared-underground-world-no-one-can-visit-return-to-tell-about-cherokee\/\"><strong>Mysterious And Feared Underground World That No One Can Visit And Return To Tell About \u2013 Cherokee Reveal A Secret<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/2025\/03\/23\/sacred-cherokee-star-mound-legend-of-the-star-people\/\"><strong>Sacred Cherokee Star Mound And The Legend Of The Star People \u2013 Beneath The Ground May Lie A Secret That Should Remain Hidden Forever<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/2024\/07\/10\/legends-smoky-mountains-cherokees\/\"><strong>Beautiful Legends Of The Great Smoky Mountains: The Cherokee\u2019s Little People Nunnehi And The Medicine Lake Ataga\u2019hi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/category\/premium-content-preview\/\"><strong>More Premium Articles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tbmarker\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v8.0&#038;appId=1629370863982098&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"QZiG0y67\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientpages.com\/2025\/12\/09\/legend-evil-spearfinger-cherokee-guided-celestial-beings\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Lloyd &#8211; AncientPages.com &#8211; She is long gone, but the Cherokee have kept the legend of Spearfinger alive. 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